Opportunity
Global Affairs Canada has launched the 2027-2028 Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) competition.
With expanded eligibility that now includes all 27 European Union Member States in addition to existing eligible countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, FMPBP provides full-time faculty at Canadian post-secondary institutions with opportunities to undertake short-term teaching and/or research activities abroad in support of new and strengthened institutional partnerships.
Please note that Carleton International must apply on behalf of the faculty member.
For more details on eligibility and application requirements, please visit the program description at EduCanada: Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program
Eligibility
Candidates must be full-time faculty members at Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Grant recipients must teach or conduct research in the following eligible ELAP countries:
- Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos;
- Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama;
- North America: Mexico;
- South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
In the European Union:
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Value and Duration
The maximum grant value per project is CAD 7,000. Recipients may seek additional funding from other sources (private or public).
The duration of the mobility is three (3) weeks minimum and eight (8) weeks maximum. Successful candidates may extend their stay with funds from other sources.
All funds provided by DFATD related to the project must be spent by March 31, 2028. The actual project end date may extend beyond that date.
Deadlines
| Expression of interest and request for application form | Contact Sylvie Jasen as soon as possible |
| Submitting all materials to Carleton International | December 18, 2026 |
| Carleton International submitting materials to Global Affairs Canada | January 6, 2027 |
Submitting Your Application
Interested faculty members should contact Sylvie Jasen at Carleton International for a form to complete and list of supplementary materials. The completed form and supporting documents must be returned to Sylvie Jasen at the email below by the internal deadline.
Contact
Sylvie Jasen
International Projects Coordinator
Carleton International
mobility.programs@carleton.ca